Karly Rain Wood Act

(a) Establishment. There is established within the Department of Justice a program to be known as the Repeat Violent Felon Community Notification Program.

(b) Notification. Except as provided in subsection (c), immediately upon a repeat violent felon registering or updating a registration, an appropriate official in the jurisdiction of the relevant registry shall provide the information in the registry (other than information exempted from disclosure under section 7(b)) with respect to the repeat violent felon to the following:

(1) The Attorney General for inclusion in the National Repeat Violent Felon Registry and other appropriate databases.

(2) Appropriate law enforcement agencies (including appropriate probation agencies) and each school and public housing agency in each area in which the repeat violent felon resides, is an employee, or is a student.

(3) Each jurisdiction where the repeat violent felon resides, is an employee, or is a student, and each jurisdiction from or to which a change of residence, employment, or student status occurs.

(4) Any agency responsible for conducting employment-related background checks under section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (34 U.S.C. 40102).

(5) Social service entities responsible for protecting minors in the child welfare system in any relevant jurisdiction.

(6) Volunteer organizations in which contact with minors or other vulnerable individuals might occur in any relevant jurisdiction.

(7) Any organization, company, or individual who requests such notification pursuant to procedures established by the jurisdiction.

(c) Frequency. An organization, company, or individual described in subsection (b)(6) or (b)(7) may opt to receive the notification described in that subsection not less frequently than once every 5 business days.